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The doors of the Senate Chamber will be opened at u a. m., to admit 
those who are entitled to admission, as follows : 

Ex-Presidents and ex- Vice-Presidents, Chief Justice, Associate Justices, 
and ex-Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. 

The Diplomatic Corps, Heads of Departments, Members of the House 
of Representatives, and Members-elect. 

Officers of the Army and Navy who, by name, have received the thanks 
of Congress. 

Governors and ex-Governors of States, Judges of the Supreme Court of 
the District, Judges of the Court of Claims, the Commissioners of the 
District, Assistant Secretaries of the Departments, Assistant Postmasters- 
General, Assistant Attorneys-General, and the Judge-Advocate-General. 

The Diplomatic gallery will be reserved for the families of the Diplo- 
matic Corps; (tickets thereto will be delivered to the Secretary of State for distribu- 
tion.) 

The families of the President and Vice-President, the President-elect 
and Vice-President-elect, and of the ex-Presidents and ex- Vice-Presidents, 
will occupy seats east of the Diplomatic gallery. 

The Reporters' gallery will be reserved exclusively for the use of the 
Reporters for the Press; (tickets thereto will be delivered to the Press Committee 
for distribution.) 

Heads of Bureaus, Comptrollers, and Auditors, will occupy seats west 
of the Diplomatic gallery. 

All the foregoing will enter the Capitol by the east lower door of the 
Senate wing. 

The other galleries will be thrown open to ticket-holders, who will 
enter the Capitol by the north door and the bronze door of the Senate 
wing, which will be thrown open at 10.30 a. m. 

Seats will be reserved in front of the Secretary's desk for the President 
and the President-elect; and on their left for the Committee of Arrange- 
ments. 



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Ex-Presidents and ex- Vice- Presidents, the Chief Justice, and Associate 
Justices of the Supreme Court, will have seats on the right of the Chair. 

Heads of Departments, and Officers of the Army and Navy who, by 
name, have received the thanks of Congress, will occupy seats on the 
left of the Chair. 

The Diplomatic Corps will occupy seats on the right of the Chair, 
next to the Supreme Court. 

Members and Members-elect of the House will enter the Senate 
Chamber by the main entrance, at 11.30 a. m., and will occupy seats on 
the right of the Chair, next to the Diplomatic Corps. 

Governors and ex-Governors of States, Judges of the Supreme Court 
of the District and Judges of the Court of Claims, the Commissioners of 
the District, Assistant Secretaries of the Departments, Assistant Post- 
masters-General, Assistant Attorneys- General, and the Judge- Advocate- 
General, will occupy seats east of the main entrance. 

The Rotunda will be closed, and the passages leading thereto kept clear. 

The other doors and entrances to the Capitol, except those to be 
opened under this arrangement, will be kept closed. 

At 1 1 a. m. the President and the President-elect, each accompanied 
by a member of the Committee of Arrangements, will arrive at the bronze 
door of the Senate wing of the Capitol, and proceed to the President's 
Room. 

The Vice-President-elect will be accompanied to the Capitol by a 
member of the Committee of Arrangements, proceed to the Vice- 
President's Room, and afterwards into the Senate Chamber, where the 
oath of office will be administered to him by the Vice-President. 

The Diplomatic Corps will assemble in the Marble Room, and proceed 
in a body to the Senate Chamber at 11. 15 a. m. 

The Justices of the Supreme Court will enter the Senate Chamber a 
few minutes before the President. 

The Senate will assemble at 12 m. 

The President and the President-elect will be introduced by the Com- 
mittee of Arrangements. 

After completing the organization of the Senate, those assembled in 
the Chamber will proceed to the platform on the central portico of the 
Capitol in the following order, viz : 



PROGRAMME. 



The Marshal of the District of Columbia, and the Marshal of the Su- 
preme Court. 

Ex-Presidents and ex- Vice-Presidents. 
The Supreme Court. 
The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. 
The Committee of Arrangements. 
The President and the President-elect. 
The Vice-President and the Secretary of the Senate. 
Members of the Senate. 
The Diplomatic Corps. 
Heads of Departments. 

Members of the House of Representatives and Members-elect, Gover- 
nors and ex- Governors of States, officers of the Senate and officers of the 
House of Representatives. 

All other persons who have been admitted to the floor of the Senate 
Chamber. 

While the procession is being formed, the Reporters for the Press will 
proceed to the seats reserved for them on the platform. 

On reaching the portico, the President and President-elect will take 
the seats reserved for them, the Chief Justice on their right and the 
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate on their left. 

The Committee of Arrangements will occupy seats next to the Presi- 
dent and President-elect. 

The Reporters for the Press will occupy seats reserved for them imme- 
diately to the right and left of the space reserved for the President and 
President-elect. 

Ex-Presidents and ex-Vicie-Presidents, and Associate justices of the 
Supreme Court, will occupy the seats next to the reporters on the left, and 
the Vice-President, Secretary, and Members of the Senate those on the 
right. 

The Diplomatic Corps will occupy the seats next to the Supreme Court. 
Heads of Departments, officers of the Army and Navy, who, by name, 
have received the thanks of Congress, Governors and ex-Governors of 
States, ex-Members of the Senate, Members and Members-elect of the 
House of Representatives, next to the Members of the Senate. 



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Such other persons as are included in the preceding arrangements will 
occupy the steps and the residue of the portico. 

The oath of office will be administered to the President-elect by the 
Chief Justice. 

On the conclusion of the ceremonies, the Members of the Senate, 
preceded by the Sergeant-at-Arms, Vice-President, and the Secretary, will 
return to the Senate Chamber, and the President, accompanied by the 
Committee of Arrangements, will proceed to the President's House. 

All horses and carriages, except those used in conveying persons to the 
east door of the north wing of the Capitol, will be excluded from the 
Capitol Square. 

Should the weather prove unfavorable, the inauguration of the Presi- 
dent will take place in the Senate Chamber. 

By reason of the limited capacity of the galleries of the Senate Cham- 
ber — exclusive of the space reserved for the families of the President 
and President-elect, the Vice-President and Vice-President-elect, and for 
Heads of Bureaus, the Diplomatic and Reporters' galleries — the number 
of tickets is necessarily restricted, and will be distributed as follows : 

To each Senator, four tickets ; to Senators-elect, Members of the House 
of Representatives, Delegates, Heads of Departments, and Justices of the 
Supreme Court, two tickets each. 

No person will be admitted to the Senate wing or Rotunda except on 
presentation of a ticket, which will be good only for the places indicated. 

The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate is charged with the execution of 
these arrangements. 

GEO. H. PENDLETON, 
HENRY B. ANTHONY, 
THOMAS F. BAYARD, 

Committee of A rrangements. 



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